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 Send to email | Qwest Dumps Sprint Nextel For Verizon Wireless in SVZDTVRIMMVODQ |  By Silicon
el 06-May-2008 | More bad news for beaten-up Sprint Nextel (S), though we've heard rumors about this for a while: Qwest Communications (Q) is formally ditching long-time partner Sprint as its wireless service partner for larger rival Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD).
Qwest customers will have access to all of Verizon's phones, including RIM (RIMM) BlackBerry smartphones. The companies will also work together to build features like a single voicemail box that will work for both a Qwest home phone and a Verizon cellphone. The companies will also bid together for enterprise and government deals.
Qwest's goal: To get more subscribers on bundles of service, which could include a mix of home phone, high-speed Internet, wireless, and TV services from DirecTV (DTV). Bundles keep subscribers more loyal and boosts retention -- important as more telco subscribers are ditching their home phone for wireless-only service or cheap, Internet phone service from cable companies.
Qwest shares are down 5% today after the company reported weak Q1 earnings.
See Also: Sprint Thinking About Nextel Sale, Spinoff
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| Qwest Dumps Sprint Nextel For Verizon Wireless | | More bad news for beaten-up Sprint Nextel (S), though we've heard rumors about this for a while: Qwest Communications (Q) is formally ditching long-time partner Sprint as its wireless service partner for larger rival Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD).
Qwest customers will have access to all of Verizon's phones, including RIM (RIMM) BlackBerry smartphone [..] Read complete article | | Published 06-May-2008 by Silicon in SVZDTVRIMMVODQ
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| Sprint's WiMax Delays Will Make The '4G' Format War Worth Watching | | When will Sprint Nextel's (S) WiMax network get off the ground? Anyone's guess now: The launch has been postponed (again) from this month to "later this year" to work out logistics, a Sprint rep tells TheStreet.com.
What does this mean? With every delay, Sprint is losing some of its early advantage against rivals AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless, which won't launch rival "4G," or "fourth ge [..] Read complete article | | Published 03-Apr-2008 by Silicon in ST
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| Verizon is paying Sprint and AT&T subscribers money to port over! |  Check out these docs we just got our hands on! They are for authorized Verizon Wireless dealers at the moment, and not applicable to corporate stores, but we heard they might be soon. Verizon is offering a “switcher credit” to Sprint and AT&T subscribers who port their number over. Awesome idea, and one I’ve said [...]
[..] Read complete article | | Published 09-Sep-2008 by The Boy Genius in BG's CornerExclusivesVerizonAT&TportSprintverizon wireless
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